The Palgrave international handbook of basic income / Malcolm Torry, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Torry, Malcolm, 1955- editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Exploring the basic income guarantee

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basic income.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlvi, 629 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

International handbook of basic income

Basic income

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

Contents:

Part I: Introductory chapters

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The definition and characteristics of Basic Income

Chapter 3: A short history of the Basic Income idea

Part II: Some of the likely effects of Basic Income

Chapter 4: Employment market effects of Basic Income

Chapter 5: Social effects of Basic Income

Chapter 6: The health case for Basic Income

Chapter 7: Some effects of Basic Income on economic variables

Chapter 8: Ecological effects of Basic Income

Chapter 9: The gender effects of a Basic Income

Chapter 10: Basic Income for development and peacebuilding in post-conflict settings

Part III: The feasibility and implementation of Basic Income

Chapter 11: Feasibility and implementation

Chapter 12: Alternative funding methods

Chapter 13: Analysis of the financial effects of Basic Income

Chapter 14: Public opinion on Basic Income: What have we learnt so far?

Chapter 15: Alternatives to Basic Income

Part IV: Pilot projects and other experiments

Chapter 16: The Negative Income Tax experiments of the 1970s

Chapter 17: Citizens Basic Income in Brazil: The reality of pilot experiences

Chapter 18: Basic Income by default: Lessons from Irans cash subsidy programme

Chapter 19: The Namibian Basic Income Grant Pilot

Chapter 20: Pilots, evidence, and politics: The Basic Income debate in India

Chapter 21: A primer on the Finnish Basic Income experiment: From design and implementation to evaluation and impact

Chapter 22: A variety of experiments

Chapter 23: Current and recent Basic Income and Guaranteed Income pilots in the United States

Chapter 24: Problems with pilot projects

Part V: Political and ethical perspectives

Chapter 25: Libertarian perspectives on Basic Income

Chapter 26: Socialist arguments for Basic Income

Chapter 27: Neither left nor right

Chapter 28: Trade unions and Basic Income

Chapter 29: The ethics of Basic Income

Part VI: Concluding chapter

Chapter 30: Tentative conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Palgrave international handbook of basic income.

ISBN:

9783031410017

3031410017

Publisher Number:

99995139129

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